1)To collect
and analyze data on the performance of government and non-government programs
and services through the use of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
This includes needs assessments, policy and program priority analyses as well
as process and impact evaluation activities.
2)To
develop, pilot and evaluate innovative social and health interventions that
improve lives and reduce lifelong poverty, premature death and disability.
3)To
translate and diffuse empirically tested interventions to populations and
groups most in need of life changes and improvements.
Research
and Evaluation Solutions, Inc. (REESSI) is a premiere private
research and evaluation firm with a national reach that is based in Alexandria,
VA. Dr. Laverne Morrow Carter heads the firm, which evolved from her extensive
experience in program planning, evaluation, and technical assistance with a
broad range of government and non-government organizations. Over the past 30
years, Dr. Carter and her staff have worked with more than 1200 programs in 12
states; planned and conducted over 100 assessments and evaluations; provided
approximately 600,000 person hours of training and technical assistance to
community based health and human service programs; and employed over 700 health
and human service staff and consultants. REESSI is a team-oriented solution center that brings together a
transdisciplinary group of professionals who share the corporate mission. The
company was founded in December 1985 in St. Louis, MO and restructured as a
private C corporation in the State of Virginia in November 2004.Our primary focus is on providing
empirical knowledge, evidence, and information to help shape behavioral and
policy solutions for health and social issues in vulnerable communities of color.
Our services are in two specific areas: 1) Assessment and Evaluation and 2)
Innovative Research. Our approaches focus on the engagement of stakeholders
and beneficiaries in the process and creating interventions that are imbedded
in natural settings